Link, J.H.F. (1827), Hortus Regius Botanicus Berolinensis 1: 291-292 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Scirpus pallescens Roxb. legitimate

Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): xlviii [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012), Australian Plant Census: - [doubtful taxonomic synonym]

doubtful taxonomic synonym of: Fimbristylis aestivalis (Retz.) Vahl legitimate

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